person
Cleanthes of Assos
Cleanthes
also: Cleanthe, Cleanthes
Stoic philosopher (c. 330-230 BC), successor of Zeno of Citium as head of the Stoa and teacher of Chrysippus. Cicero (De Fato 14) notes that Chrysippus dissented from his teacher Cleanthes on the necessity of true statements about the past.